Re:You can build a laptop out of open source components if y...
by chillingeffect on Saturday February 04, 2017 @08:27AM
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I just read Ben Parr's Captivology, highly recommend btw. He points out negative headlines grab more short-term attention.
The problem is a vie this article and the concept is that negativity grabs our attention because we're wired to detect and process threats...
That means instead of neg attention grabbing us then us reading the article with an open interested intellectual mind, we are drawn to read the article and look for and perceive its information as threatening. To disarm it.
That ends up wasting everyone's time.
In general we should expect fully open systems like this to lag highly capitalized operations somewhat. And we should all, generally, use this as a reference point for improvements using our unique skills.
And that happens somewhat, except for the fact we're approach the article with our mind in the wrong state thanks to the "threateningly" headline.
The problem is a vie this article and the concept is that negativity grabs our attention because we're wired to detect and process threats...
That means instead of neg attention grabbing us then us reading the article with an open interested intellectual mind, we are drawn to read the article and look for and perceive its information as threatening. To disarm it.
That ends up wasting everyone's time.
In general we should expect fully open systems like this to lag highly capitalized operations somewhat. And we should all, generally, use this as a reference point for improvements using our unique skills.
And that happens somewhat, except for the fact we're approach the article with our mind in the wrong state thanks to the "threateningly" headline.
So great observations on your part!